Leon

📌 Happy New Years day! A short stop in Leon after a longggggg border crossing. We arrived in the evening to a lovely hotel within the characteristic colourful colonial Spanish influenced streets. Previously Leon was located 50km approx away but was moved due to volcanic activity around 1600. The politics in Nicaragua are interesting, the same president has been in power for 26 years and democracy is struggling.

📌 We headed out to a vibrant restaurant, enjoyed a local beer and a few local Nicaraguan dishes including Repochetas which are similar to toastadas. The Nicaraguan Cordoba is super cheap and our meals continue to be great value, whilst beers are 2-3$.

📌 We slept about 11 hours after our long New Year's Eve. We wandered around, doing the usual finding a local coffee and a quaint vegan cafe serving delicious drinks in the hot weather. We visited the largest church in central America, we found a local market serving Carne En Baho, a mix of meat, plantains and yuca served on banana leaves. It was soft and tasty and unique to the area originiating from a mix of cultural influences.Leggi altro